Yom Ham-i-shi, 2 Adar 10, 6001 – March 9, 2017
Joy Of The Lord
Today as I awoke I was praying and sensed people in sadness. As I began to pray for them, I prayed for strength for them and for me. I was reminded of a scripture.
Nehemiah 8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
This scripture is often quoted. What I have overlooked n the past is how the reading of the Law caused the people to weep because they began to draw closer to God. Nehemiah told them it was a time of rejoicing. They now knew who they were, and who our Father was. When thinking of the joy of the Lord, there are two ways to consider it. One that I thought about only today is it is His joy. He is rejoicing.
Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Our Father sings over us! He sings over us with joy! Is it any wonder that scriptures tell us to rejoice?
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Today, let us all rejoice with singing praise to Yahuah (Lord), ouur God and King!
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. Praise the name Yahuah! Send Your will among us. Let us be Your lights in this earth. Send us today Your overwhelming provision. Cleanse our wounds and heal our hearts and minds. Deliver us from the evil that surrounds to destroy Your work. Restore unto Your people all that has been taken or held back in any way. Rise up, O King, and strike down the evil coercion That holds any of Your people back from returning to their home, and to Your will for their lives. Confound, confuse, and grind to powder the works of those that are a part of the coercion. Let the whirlwind, dissension, and confusion be in their houses, greatly magnified, and not removed until they turn from such evil. Let them turn upon one another, as in the battles of old when You defeated those that rose up against any of Your people. We ask all these things in the name of Jesus (Yeshuah), our Messiah that died and rose again. Amen.